Christine Lemmer-Webbercomputers are a blessing
computer corporations are a mistake
computer datacenters are unforgiveable
computer corporations are a mistake
computer datacenters are unforgiveable
this is a shitpost of sorts but in all earnestness, datacenters *were* a mistake
Imagine what computing would be like if it were still highly networked but datacenters weren't involved
Jason Lefkowitz@cwebber There was a line I read back in the '90s -- I think in something by Robert X. Cringely, but I've never been able to find the exact piece again -- that said "today eBay is hosted in a datacenter, but in 10 years it will be hosted on the CEO's laptop, and in 20 years it will be hosted on their wristwatch."
We lost that future when Moore's Law hit the wall, of course. But I still dream about it
@jalefkowit It wasn't Moore's Wall that killed it! It was a number of things, including ISPs banning home hosting.
Big unpack tho
qwazix@cwebber @jalefkowit I blame NAT: so many things would be different if devices were not behind a NAT and it was not abused as a cheap firewall.